Sunday, April 30, 2017

#Novena to St. Joseph - #Miracle Prayer for Work and More - SHARE!

NOVENA PRAYER FOR WORK

O glorious Saint Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to you we raise our hearts and hands to ask your powerful intercession in obtaining from the compassionate heart of Jesus all the helps and graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare, particularly the grace of a happy death, and the special grace for which we now ask.

O guardian of the Word Incarnate, we feel animated with confidence that your prayers for us will be graciously heard at the throne of God.

(The following is to be said seven times in honor of the seven joys and seven sorrows of Saint Joseph:)

O glorious Saint Joseph, through the love you bear for Jesus Christ, and for the glory of hs name, hear our prayers and grant our petitions.

This novena can be practiced at any time of year. It is particularly effective if done for the seven Sundays prior to the feast of Saint Joseph in honor of his seven sorrows and seven joys. Say this novena nine days in a row.
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OTHER PRAYERS TO ST. JOSEPH

Prayer to St. Joseph, The Worker

O Glorious, St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my natural inclinations, to work with gratitude and joy, in a spirit of penance for the remission of my sins, considering it an honor to employ and develop by means of labor the gifts received from God, to work with order, peace, moderation and patience, without ever shrinking from weariness and difficulties, to work above all with purity of intention and detachment from self, having always death before my eyes and the account that I must render of time lost, of talents wasted, of good omitted, of vain complacency in success, so fatal to the work of God. All for Jesus, all through Mary, after your example, O Patriarch, St. Joseph. Such shall be my watchword in life and in death. Amen. --Pope St. Pius X

St. Joseph, today we honor you as Patron of Workers. We pray for the unemployed, underemployed, those who are working under stress and all those who labor daily. May you be our example of honorable work for God. St. Joseph and Brother Andre, hear our petitions (name them).

The next prayer (To You, O Blessed Joseph) and the Litany of St. Joseph carries a partial indulgence...

To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our tribulation, and having implored the help of your most holy spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also. Through that charity which bound you to the immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.

O most watchful Guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be propitious to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness; and, as once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die holily, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.

Litany of St. Joseph

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us.Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ graciously hear us.God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us.St. Joseph, pray for us.Illustrious son of David, etc.Light of Patriarchs,Spouse of the Mother of God,Chaste guardian of the Virgin,Foster Father of the Son of God,Watchful defender of Christ,Head of the Holy Family,Joseph, most just,Joseph, most chaste,Joseph, most prudent,Joseph, most valiant,Joseph, most obedient,Joseph, most faithful,Mirror of patience,Lover of poverty,Model of workmen,Glory of home life,Guardian of virgins,Pillar of families,Solace of the afflicted,Hope of the sick,Patron of the dying,Terror of demons,Protector of the Holy Church, pray for us.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, spare us O Lord.Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us O Lord.Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

He made him the lord of His household, and prince over all His possessions.

Let us pray.

O God, who in thy ineffable Providence did vouchsafe to choose St. Joseph to be the spouse of Your most holy Mother, grant we beseech You, that he whom we venerate as our protector on earth may be our intercessor in Heaven. Who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.